MISTRESS, #6 and NINA, #2, Newport to Vineyard Haven, 1954

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
1954
safety film, Kodak #51
overall: 4 x 5 in

4x5 in. Kodak negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons during the New York Yacht Club Cruise of 1954 during the sail from Newport to Vineyard Haven. Image of the 60'6" schooner, MISTRESS, sail #6 (DS: Gielow; BU: Eastern, 1930), undersail, starboard beam view in the foreground, racing the 59' schooner, NINA, sail #2 (DS: Burgess; BU: Bigelow, 1928), in the lead. Stamped neg. sleeve info.: "142392F / [Box] 5372 / N.Y.Y.C. 1954." Handwritten: "MISTRESS + SEA LION (crossed out and "NINA" inserted) / Newport to Vinyard[sic] Haven". Notation of possible print sent to "Y" (YACHTING). CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

MISTRESS schooner, #6; NINA schooner, #2
1984.187.142392F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection